Carbon County WY Archives Biographies.....Ashley, Henry D. 1862 - 
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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

HENRY D. ASHLEY.

   Among the leading business men of the city of Encampment, Wyoming, Henry D.
Ashley is one whose enterprise and public spirit have done much to build up that
young city. He was born at Acushnet, Bristol county, Mass., on May 3, 1862, the
son of Calvin and Rebecca (Davis) Ashley, both natives of that state. His father
was born at Lakeville, Mass., and early established his home at Acushnet, where
he engaged in farming and was also interested to quite an extent in the whale
fisheries, his home being adjacent to New Bedford, formerly the great center of
that industry in America, and he remained there until his death in 1868. He left
a family of six sons and four daughters and after the death of his father, Henry
D. Ashley removed with the other members of the family to Taunton in the same
state, where he grew to manhood, received his early education in the public
schools and learned the trade of wood-turning, at which he was employed in
Taunton until 1890 when he removed to Iowa, where he located at Sioux City, and
continued to work at his former occupation for about four years. At the end of
that time he removed to Des Moines and engaged in the bakery business for two
years, when he sold out and came west to Colorado Spring's. Colo. He made his
home at this place for about one year and in January, 1898, came to Encampment,
Wyo., where he has since made his home, being one of the pioneers of the place,
then in its infancy. From his first arrival here he has been uniformly
successful in business. He first engaged in conducting a lodging house and
continued successfully in that pursuit up to the spring of 1902. In 1901 he
engaged in the real estate and insurance business, associating himself in
business with Mr. Leo Davis under the firm name of Davis & Ashley, the former
attending to the mining brokerage department and the latter giving special
attention to insurance and real estate. On May 3, 1884, Mr. Ashley was united in
marriage at Taunton, Mass., with Miss Minnie F. Moxon, a native of
Massachusetts, and the daughter of Frederick and Emma A. Moxon, well-known and
respected citizens of Taunton. Her father was a native of England who came to
America in 1850, and established his home in the city of Taunton. Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley are the parents of two children, namely: Jennie M. and Carleton H., both
of whom are still living, and their home is one of the most hospitable in the
city of Encampment. Mr. Ashley is largely interested in the Vulcan Copper Mining
Co., of which he is vice-president. This company has valuable mining claims
situated within a few hundred feet of the celebrated Ferris-Haggarty copper
property, and gives promise of being equally valuable. He is also the secretary
of the Grant Copper Mining Co., located at Pearl, Colo. He is the representative
of several of the leading insurance companies, among others the Liverpool,
London & Globe, the Providence Washington Insurance Co., the Phoenix Insurance
Co., of Hartford, Conn., the Niagara Insurance Co., of New York, and the Fire
Association of Philadelphia. Although engaged in business but a short time he
has won the confidence of the business community by his energy, industry and
attention to all the details of his business, and he has been steadily adding to
it from month to month. He is one of the leading business men of the locality
and has done much to build up the new city of Encampment. He was a member of its
first city government and was reelected in 1902. He is also a member of the
school board and prominent in all matters that affect the public welfare or
promote the general good  of the  community.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN &CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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